Category Archives: National
Rivian to relocate staff to Illinois EV plant to accelerate production - WSJ
(Reuters) - Rivian Automotive Inc is relocating parts of its manufacturing engineering team to Illinois to speed up production, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing a person familiar wit...
Mar 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Rivian name is shown on one of their new electric SUV vehicles in San Diego, U.S., December 16, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake//File Photo
McCarthy expects US House will pass legislation to address TikTok
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy thinks lawmakers will pass bipartisan legislation to address national security worries about Chinese-owned short video app TikTok, he said on F...
Mar 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) hosts a bill enrollment ceremony for legislation blocking the enactment of the Washington, DC City Council's 'Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022', in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., March 10, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Rhetoric over US debt limit boils over as Republicans, Democrats joust
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Partisan sniping over raising U.S. borrowing authority ratcheted up on Friday when House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy accused President Joe Biden of ignoring the iss...
Mar 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as they depart following the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
UPDATE: Biden, Trudeau united against authoritarian regimes after China-Russia summit
UPDATED 5:15 P.M. OTTAWA (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau presented a united front on Friday against authoritarian regimes as Biden visited the Canadian c...
Mar 24, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. first lady Jill Biden meet with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
UPDATE: Biden warns Iran after tit-for-tat strikes in Syria
UPDATED 5:12 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Friday warned Iran that the United States would "act forcefully" to protect Americans, after the U.S. military carried out air strikes ag...
Mar 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Joint Chiefs Chair Army General Mark Milley speaks with U.S. forces in Syria during an unannounced visit, at a U.S. military base in Northeast Syria, March 4, 2023. REUTERS/Phil Stewart/File Photo
TikTok attacked for China ties as US lawmakers push for ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers on Thursday battered TikTok's CEO about potential Chinese influence over the platform and said its short videos were damaging children's mental health, reflecting ...
Mar 24, 2023 TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew is pictured on the day he will testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing entitled "TikTok: How Congress can Safeguard American Data Privacy and Protect Children from Online Harms," as lawmakers scrutinize the Chinese-owned video-sharing app, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Manhattan DA: Trump created false expectation of arrest, Republicans interfered
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manhattan prosecutors on Thursday said Donald Trump misled people to expect he would be arrested this week and prompted fellow Republicans in Congress to interfere with a probe un...
Mar 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally ahead of the midterm elections, in Miami, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Union workers can't sue under Illinois biometric law, court rules
(Reuters) - Illinois' top court on Thursday said U.S. labor law bars unionized workers from suing their employers for violations of the state's biometric privacy law, which can expose companies to mas...
Mar 23, 2023 (Illinois Supreme Court)
Hyundai Motor America to recall 567,912 vehicles - NHTSA
(Reuters) - Hyundai Motor America will recall 567,912 vehicles, as some models equipped with a tow hitch harness could catch fire due to a short circuit, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra...
Mar 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Hyundai booth displays the company logo at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. January 16, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
US weekly jobless claims edge lower
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits edged down last week, showing no signs yet that the recent financial market turbulence following the failure ...
Mar 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a Kentucky Career Center hoping to find assistance with their unemployment claim in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo
